Pegasus spyware – a zero-click way of remotely hacking an iPhone, and gaining access to all the personal data stored on it – has been defended by the company’s CEO. NSO chief exec said that the company had made “mistakes” in selling it to repressive governments, but claimed that it now sells Pegasus only to countries to whom the US sells weapons.

A security researcher said that the comparison was bogus, stating that a more reasonable comparison would be selling long-range nuclear missiles …

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固定链接 'Pegasus spyware defended by NSO’s CEO, as researcher compares it to a nuclear weapon' 提交: January 26, 2023, 7:28am CST 由 Ben Lovejoy